Lantern Stories: From Community to Creation – Questions & Answers
As part of the Greenway Conservancy’s Public Art Program, local artist Yu-Wen Wu has been engaging with members of Boston’s Chinatown community for the past 18 months in preparation for the installation of the newest Greenway public artwork, Lantern Stories. Through in-person community listening sessions and one-on one interviews, this project explores the many layered […]
Augmented Reality at Home
Turn your living room or backyard into a public art gallery! Use the Hoverlay app to turn your living room or back patio into a Greenway Augment Reality (AR) gallery, and explore historic images of the Greenway corridor while learning about the transformation of Downtown Boston and the park’s creation. You can discover contemporary artworks […]
Inside Year of the Pig: How to create a sculptural ceramic pig, in 10 (not so) simple steps!
With the aim of celebrating both past and present, each year a new artwork has been installed by the Greenway Conservancy in front of the Essex Street Gate on The Greenway. The installation’s goal is to celebrate the culture, history, and traditions of the Chinese New Year and the Chinatown community through the ideas and […]
Looking back at 2019
As the Greenway Conservancy wraps up our tenth (10!) season maintaining and operating The Greenway, we wanted to take a moment to look back at some of our favorite moments of the last year on Boston’s contemporary public park. From our ever-changing public art installations to free public programming, sustainably maintained lawns and gardens to […]
Augmented Reality and the Spatial Web – This Is the Future
Written by our friends at Hoverlay Everyday people stroll around The Greenway enjoying its beautiful vistas and amazing public art. And this summer, anyone can also enter into a new dimension and unveil one of 16 virtual installations by tuning into The Greenway Augmented Reality channel on the Hoverlay platform. In a curatorial partnership with Boston Cyberarts and Hoverlay, […]
Past, present, and future meet on The Greenway!
The Greenway Conservancy’s Augmented Reality (AR) public art exhibit blends interactive digital elements into our real-world environments. Viewers will be able to explore contemporary artwork as well as the history The Greenway site, from city to transportation corridor to park! The historic photographs shown within the augmented reality exhibit narrate more than a century […]
Boston: The Illuminated City
Written by Victorian Solan Consultant Historian for GLOW When walking around the Rose Kennedy Greenway, or indeed any part of Boston in the evening, it is easy to take our cheap and plentiful electric light for granted. Different forms of artificial illumination compete for our attention: pedestrian signals flash, signs advertise our destination, and sidewalks and […]
NEON SIGNS: A SCIENCE AND A CRAFT
Written by Victorian Solan, Consultant Historian for GLOW Neon signs were once so ubiquitous that it is easy to overlook the fascinating mix of craftsmanship, art, and chemistry which each sign-maker had to master in order to bring blinking bicycle wheels and flashing rockets to Massachusetts roadsides. Although the shapes and colors vary, all neon […]
Spin these blocks!
Written by Kait Ziskin Levesque, Programs Manager As part of a multi-year curation started in 2015, each Lunar New Year a new Chinese Zodiac-themed artwork has been installed at Chinatown Park’s Essex Street Gate. A gateway to Chinatown and the northernmost area of Chinatown Park, Essex Street’s minimalist red gate complement these installations which explore tradition […]
Our 2017 Year in Review!
2017 was another banner year on The Greenway, as we hosted over 400 free events, turned heads with surreal Public Art installations, and continued to be the city’s hub of innovation, bringing 21st-century ideas to Boston and the Commonwealth. All of this is done through the work of the non-profit Greenway Conservancy. As we wind down another […]
